lanes re-opened before 3:00 this morning. >> 4:29. clear enough to see the stars and not cold enough to make you go "brrrr." >> some areas are cooler. you can see the high clouds on live doppler 7 hd. they are streaming in. that will be a difference between today and yesterday. temperatures are warmer-than-average again as we look from our exploritorium. you can see how clear the air is. the high clouds will make for a beautiful sunrise and sunset to get pictures of that. mid-70's inland today. low-to-mid 70's around the bay. mid-60's to 70 from the coast to downtown san francisco. >> as eric said, sig-alert in walnut creek has canceled as we take you out there we see clear conditions making the drive southbound along 680 to highway 24. all lanes have re-opened. there is slowing in the northbound direction. at the altamont pass we have a

brand new accident involving a motorcycle westbound 580 as north flynn with a lane blocked. there is slow traffic eastbound direction. we have construction westbound side with traffic building. we are under half an hour from tracy to dublin highway 4 and 101 which is clear. this is a look at the golden gate bridge from marin county to san francisco, not a problem. >> leyla gulen, thank you. election 2013 is over and bay area voters have spoken on gun restriction, new development and sale taxes. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with results from key local issues. katie? >> we start in sunnyvale. a lawsuit could be brewing with the toughest gun laws in the country will become law january 1. measure c passed with more than 66 percent of the vote. it only needed a simple majority. the mayor of sunnyvale is pleased. he says this sends a message the

gun owners can not own magazines more than ten rounds. they is to lock arm firearms in their home. they have to report thefts. gun dealers have to keep a log all ammunition sales. the n.r.a. and others who oppose the law have threatened to sue. there are two big measures in the ballot in san francisco, 62 percent of voters do not want a high-rise condominium complex built at embarcadero and washington. measure c is hand in happened with that and failed 67 percent of voters voted "no." it would increase height limits for any structure built there. to the east bay and a sales tax increase in antioch. voters passed measure c with 68 percent of the vote so the sales tax goes up half a cent for seven years. the city estimates it will bring in $4 million a year which will pay for 22 new police officers and help with the dire financial

situation. voters in marin the approved nine of ten measures. the only failure was a bond measure for improvements in the strawberry recreation district. >> national races here include chris christie won re-election in new jersey. in a race that sets him up for a presidential bid in 2016. democrat mcauliffe won the hotly contested virginia governor's race narrowly beating a tea party-backed favorite and the first democrat in two decades is elected mayor of new york city. the local election results will crawl across the bottom of the extreme during the newscast. >> a 16-year-old boy is under arrest after police say he lit another teen on fire on an a.c. transit bus. the 18-year-old is being treated for second and third second- and third-degree burns. he was sloping when the suspect

set his clothes on fire. his mother tells the oakland tribune she is not sure 23 this is a prank, her son was wearing a skirt as he does. he considered himself a gender neutral agent and does not identify being male or female. there is a website to raise money for his medical bills. people have pledged more than $6,000. >> a warning from stanford police after a student this reported being drugged as a campus party and blacked out after being given a drink by a man she did not neon friday. police are urged people to not accept drinks from strangers. >> a san francisco san francisco motorcycle officer is recovering after being hit by a

driver making a u-turn. the officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. an investigation into the crash is underway. police have not said if the driver has been cited. >> a man in his son return to federal court in oakland today and what could be the largest security fraud case in state history. the two will plead guilty in the settlement reached last month. the i-team has been covering the case if two years. they were originally accused of stealing $700 million from hundreds of investors and are pleading guilty to lesser charges of looting limiting participateship and could face ten years in prison. the government told the victims they will not get their money back. >> san jose state students signing up for spring semester classes are learning they have fewer to choose from. the university is cutting back on the number of classes it is offered to keep the budget in balance. one prefer was toll last

thursday to cut $55,000 or 20 classes. he just an hour to make the decision. a spokesman says the school is ontrack to overspend by $3.8 million this year. critics want to know why this is hatching after voters approved proposition 30 which promised relief from such cuts. >> we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco, and see if the warm up continues. mike? >> good morning, everyone. the next 12 hours we will start at 7:00 with temperatures in the mid-40's to low 50's. as we head thousand the date high clouds are on the increase but notice the warm weather will be out there in the mid-60's to 70's for lunch hour and if you are out and about at 4:00, 64 at the coast and low-to-mid 70's for the rest of us and the temperatures are before average. with the high clouds it will be mild this evening and you may need a coat, low 60's by 7:00 for the rest of us. we will look at the next couple of days with more cloud cover

tomorrow as the storm system passes to the north, and it doesn't bring us much needed rain but it does induce the sea breeze so temperatures drop four to six degrees tomorrow and another two to four degrees on friday and again on saturday through the weekend with temperatures below average. good morning, leyla gulen. >> good morning, mike, good morning, everyone, a good hump day. the 24 trains are on time from bart and is rolling smoothly. we have a problem westbound side of 580 coming up to north flynn road where we do have an accident involving a motorcycle. you can see the backup causing with one lane blocked and we are at half an hour to get from tracy to dublin and eastbound construction, as well. headed into san jose, everything is nice and clear and wide open. 101 in the northbound and southbound direction is not a problem through cupertino, 280 is clear and 85 is at top speed making northbound and southbound direction and up into mountain view and sunnyvale it is clear. from daly city, along 280, into

friend, if you are going to jump on to the 280 extension, it takes you to king street which is under ten minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows it is wide open. it is quiet on this wednesday from emeryville to san francisco. >> thank you. the miami dolphins veteran player at the center of teammate bullying speaks out. next, the role that the teen may have layed in instigating harassment. >> friends honor an 86-year-old bay area woman who died after running the new york mayor no one with tremendous spirit and courage that outside many lives. >> the football season is not over but the seem has begun. how much would you pay for a personal p

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this is a picture of walnut creek. you will see an amber alert with a message to look for a tan 2004gmc envoy a car driven by a man who police say took his own baby son. there are possible reported sightings in southern california. we will have a report next half hour. >> in rohnert park small businesses near the new grayton resort and casino are looking to cash in on the new visitors to the area. officials say 27,000 people visited the gaming floor if opening day year. traffic was snarled with the backup several miles. c.h.p. is warning drivers to expect delays through the weekend. small business owners hope casino visitors stop to shop and spend money. >> i wasn't a fan. at first. now i hope it will bring us more

business. >> according to a casino spokesman grayton resort and casino is a win for the tribe and the community. so far, $2.7 million has been donated to rohnert park public safety department and promising an additional $12 million each year to the city and counsel if they hit revenue expectations. >> suspended dolphins lineman has protecten his quiet. >> this pass. >> according to the sun, dome fins coaches asked incognito to toughen up, former lineman and get into the fold after martin skipped two difficulties of voluntary off season workouts last spring. sources told the paper they blevin cog knit to was doing his job but crossed the line. ing -- incognito is accused of

bullying. he left last week to seek counseling although he is on active and accused the doll tins of having an unsafe work environment. >> san jose role model passed away doing what she loved so much defying expectations. joy johnson is the oldest person to finish the new york mayor thereon and ran her final race last weekend. we have more on that story. >> joy johnson ran the first new york mayor no one after she retired at age 61. she kept on running it for the next 25 years. >> when she would run through the boroughs people in every neighborhood, different people, would be cheering her on all the way. >> at 86 show seemed unstoppable. last sunday, she stumbled in the new york mayor no one and hit her head at the 20th mile. she finished the race but she said she was tired. joy took a nap and never woke up. the cause of her death is unknown.

>> she was a wonderful, wonderful person. we will miss her. >> while her neighbors slept, joy was up at 5:00 a.m. almost every morning running around the willow glenn high school track. the only thing that surpassed her physical and mental ability was her kindness. she always picked up everyone's papers on the driveways and brought them to our front door. >> she was so good to everyone, so thoughtful. very, very thoughtful. >> she was a great cook, she baked bread to us. there isn't anything she didn't do. >> the running world praised her for going the distance. i didn't johnson's neighbors say she took her compassion toward others a lot farther. in san jose for abc7 news. >> the 49er season is not close to being over but candlestick part is being sold off. season ticket holders get first dibs at buying old seats.

the general public later can buy them sold in sets of two. proceeds benefit the san francisco youth programs. >> time for a look at the forecast. i hope we have a warm up because it was chilly outside this morning. >> it was cooler this morning than yesterday morning. we do nut is the breezes. the high clouds are coming in now so the cooler is about over. the visibility is at the lower levels is fine where we are. live doppler 7 hd is showing the high clouds and we will keep an eye on them. mostly they will not have an effect on our day and it will be bright and still warmer-than-average. if you are head into san francisco we are in the mid-to-upper 50's across the golden gate bridge and through the ferry building, it is 55. headed do you, it is 54. same in glen park and forest hill at 56. ocean beach is coolest at 53. we are in the 40's everywhere, mid-to-upper 40's, palo alto and correct coolest at 42. san leandro 50, belmont is 52

and the coolest at half moon bay at 39. this is from the east bay hills the air is still very clear from emeryville over to san francisco. we will have the high clouds increasing during the afternoon hours and still a nice warm offshore wind. tomorrow, that reverses and the sea breeze comes in, the cooling trend begins, and it will push through the weekend and it will remain dry but it is looking like wet weather for veterans day on monday. a couple of areas of high pressure dominating our weather and we have the storm track to our north but there is a storm close enough you can see it is overriding this area of high pressure. it ought to make for a beautiful sunrise and sunset and, possibly, see some sun dogs later as the sun is setting which would be neat. mid-to-upper 70's to the south bay today. 77 in gilroy is the warm spot and hose is 74. the cool spot is santa cruz at

71. low-to-mid 70's on the peninsula, and 74 in menlo park. mid-to-upper 60's along the coast and 70's in downtown and close to that south san francisco and sausalito, and mid-70's through the north bay valley with mid-to-upper 60's at your beaches, along the east bay shore we have low-to-mid 70's and we will have mid-70's into the east bay valley. tonight, the temperatures are under mostly cloudy skies and milder and mid-50's here in san francisco. here is the seven-day forecast: four to six degrees cooler tomorrow and back in the 50's and 60's on friday and we will stay that way through the chances of rain on monday and tuesday. have a great day. >> we have a few citizens already this morning and it is not 5:00 just yet. as we head into discovery bay we have this vehicle crash involving two pickup trucks highway 4 at junction four. this is not a highly populateed area at this hour. you will notice one or two lanes are taken away. along westbound a 80 at not flip road we have an accident that

cleared involving a motorcycle at 37 miles per hour. we still have heavy traffic as you maybe it over the amount pass. as we take you into the south bay, westbound 237 to northbound 101 it is a solo vehicle spinout blocking one lane so you might start to see a buildup of traffic and hopefully c.h.p. can get this moved out swiftly and this is walnut creek southbound along 680 over to highway 24 with an early sig-alert that is all cheered -- cleared. >> san francisco-based twitter is expected to set the price for shares head of tomorrow's initial public offering. >> twitter is expected to begin tweeting between $23 and $25 a share tomorrow morning. at $25 a share, twitter would raise $1.25 billion. large bankers including pension funds and mutual funds and hedge funds get the first priority, of course, during the i.p.o. and the stock trades on the new york stock exchange under the symbol

"twtr." san francisco-based yelp will show off the new headquarters in the historic building on montgomery. house minority leader pelosi and mayor lee will speak and they will announce $100,000 in grants for local nonprofits chosen by employees. >> starbucks has a plan to hire thousands of workers. >> a warning for parents: tablets and smartphones could cause long term damage. >> we continue to follow breaking news. an amber alert for a baby taken from a sunny veil apartment complex. authorities are looking for a tan gmc envoy 6hil892

one more sign that winter is around the corner, two popular ice skating rinks open today for the holiday season at union square and embarcadero. skating kicks off at 10:00 this morning. both risks remain open through january. >> there is a hearing to look into delays in unemployment benefits caused by computer system upgrate. this meets at 11:00 to examine why the september upgrit project left thousands of workers without the benefit check. the committee will look into other inefficiencies into the system and they want to know software issues, backlogs and massive cost overruns impacted by the state budget. >> starbuck has a new initiative to help veterans. they say they plan to hire 10,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five

years. former defense secretary robert gates sits on the board and says sometimes people coming from the service have a tough time translating their skills. that is why the company will have a recruiter specializing in hiring service member. starbucks will thank vets and current members on veterans day by giving them free coffee. >> hot coffee kind of morning and maybe an ice coffee afternoon? >> sure if that is what you like that is a great analogy. sutro tower look at the city, we will talk about temperatures three degrees warmer-than-average in san francisco and everyone else is six to seven degrees warmer. oakland is 73. redwood city and san jose topping out at 74. livermore is about 76. energy the warmth through the sunset at 5:36. you can see the increasing high clouds across the state which is the case from yosemite national park and monterey north with

mid-70's through the central valley and 60 at tahoe and headed to los angeles, 82 is the warm spot along with palm springs and san diego at 77. safe travels. leyla gulen? >> it is beautiful the past couple of days. traffic is not so beautiful over the altamont pass. we have a brand new problem in the eastbound direction a stalled big rig blocking a lane, eastbound 580 at greenville road it is causing a slow down before the closure we have a closure in place several lanes are taken away between greenville and north flynn road and that will last until 9:00 this morning. you can see what traffic we have as you make it over the altamont pass from tracy. that is due, in part, to an early accident involving a motorcycle and this is at north flynn road in the westbound direction. when you pass that, you are in the clear and looking at a good drive. back in the south bay we have this crash in place a solo vehicle spinout westbound 237 to

northbound 101 connection. a look outside at san rafael coming great central san rafael to san francisco not a problem and a few extra headlights coming down your way. kristen and eric? >> secretary of state john kerry says that the united states will provide an additional $75 million in aid to create palestinian jobs and improve roads and schools. john kerry announced this in bethlehem where he is meeting with palestinian leader abbas. years ago jerk met -- john kerry met with binyamin netanyahu. this is to boost support for faltering peace talks with israel. >> illinois will become the 15th state to allow same-sex marriage. both houses of the legislature have voted to approve the plan and the democrat governor will sign it into law meaning same-sex couple could have weddings in juan.

president obama's home state allowed civil unions since 2011. the president tweeted that michelle and i are overjoyed if the committed couples in illinois whose love is as legal as ours. >> president obama hits the road to. promote his embattled health scare law, first stop in texas with the highest rate of uninsured americans in the nation. health and human services secretary sebelius returns to capitol hill for new questioning from the senate finance committee. she appeared before a house of representatives panel to discuss the failed website. the white house says it is working smoothly and working 24 >> uc berkeley researchers are looking to see if there is a link between the increased use of small screens on tablets and a jump in near sightedness. there is a dedicated control

clinic with the national eye institute found severe myopia twice as common among young adults possibly because of the constant use of small computer screens by young people. technology is also part of the treatment. a special contact lens worn by patients at night helps improve daytime vision. >> during daytime, they have clear vision from the eye, the cornea of the lens and they benefit from the controlling factor. >> doctors recommend taking a 10-minute break if each our looking at the computer screens. >> amber alert is in effect across the bay area right now. next at 5:00, we have new detail on the infant who could be in danger. >> demolition delay: what is forcing engineers to put off the start of the demolition on the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> a warning to stanford

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abc7 news starts with breaking news. >> thanks for joining us at action. >> police agencies away the state are looking for a baby boy taken by his father from sunnyvale. abc7 news reporter, matt keller, is in sunnyvale with details on the amber alert. matt? >> police say this apartment complex on helen avenue is where the abduction took place. we are now finding out the search for the suspect could be focused on southern california right n